Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

THURROCK AND BRENTWOOD MIND 

Services for the people of Thurrock and Brentwood suffering from emotional or mental distress: advocacy, befriending, counselling, groupwork, community bridge building/activities, horticultural training/work focused scheme
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 20 years

www.thurrockandbrentwoodmind.org.uk

reception@tbmind.org.uk

01375391411

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£4,224£3,674£549£0£1,629£1,5605.19276
31/03/22£2,608£2,275£333£0£1,080£8804.66845
31/03/21£1,750£1,548£201£0£746£6074.75325
31/03/20£1,034£1,021£12£0£545£5426.446175
31/03/19£1,004£1,060£-56£0£532£6387.238241
31/03/18£891£959£-67£1£588£6658.3350
31/03/17*£885£956£-71£0£655£7028.8370
31/03/16*£710£856£-146£0£727£73910.4290
31/03/15£803£829£-26£25£873£79411.5200
31/03/14*£1,326£903£423£31£898£7289.7170
31/03/13£915£911£4£30£475£2883.8210
31/03/12£823£786£36£22£471£2844.3250
31/03/11£915£844£72£17£434£2693.8280
31/03/10£925£923£2£19£363£2313230
31/03/09£789£740£49£9£360£2243.6240
31/03/08£739£733£6£11£312£2083.4220
31/03/07£675£681£-6£6£306£1993.5230
31/03/06£974£662£312£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 33%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 5.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 8.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Thurrock,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 92 employees
  • 76 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Thurrock and Brentwood Mind
£6,737 07/04/2022
to fund a sessional youth coordinator in Thurrock
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Thurrock and Brentwood Mind
£9,930 31/03/2022
to employ a part time staff member to set up and coordinate wellbeing support sessions for individuals with mental health issues in Brentwood
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Thurrock and Brentwood Mind
£4,380 25/11/2021
to fund staff digital skills training to ensure a charity supporting people with mental health issues efficiently utilises cloud based services
Essex Community Foundation - Be YOUnique - Volunteer Youth Champions
£5,000 04/02/2021
Towards the running cost of a mental health youth champions programme in Thurrock
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Thurrock and Brentwood Mind
£10,440 10/12/2020
towards the cost of building a conservatory to create a waiting area at the Thurrock premises to enable a return to business operation meeting COVID19 restrictions
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£47,000 02/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Thurrock and Brentwood Mind
£8,200 22/04/2020
towards increasing the cloud based IT provision of the charity to ensure a continued service supporting people with mental health problems during COVID19
Essex Community Foundation - Thurrock Mind Housing Project
£50,000 29/01/2020
18
To employ a Housing Manager to support clients within sheltered accommodation for those with mental health problems in Thurrock over 18 months
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Thurrock and Brentwood Mind
£1,000 16/09/2019
Towards the stepping stones project in Thurrock which helps people who have suffered mental health problems back into employment or training
Essex Community Foundation - Work Placement Facilitator
£6,400 08/03/2017
11
To fund a Work Placement Facilitator pilot project for one year
Essex Community Foundation - Thurrock Advocacy Service
£7,080 17/10/2016
35
To provide specialist advocacy training required for provision of services under the Care Act to mental ill health sufferers
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Thurrock Mind
£37,200 28/07/2011
the salary of a Gardening/Training Support Worker and a contribution to rent and utilities, administration and health and safety costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-78
  • DAVID NOBLE Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Machine Analyst
  • JOHN LYONS (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/10/2004, number: 1106452
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/10/2004, number: 05256793
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR17: 0 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR14: 1 days late,
Main office

152 BRIDGE ROAD
GRAYS
ESSEX
RM17 6DB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) (HEREINAFTER CALLED MIND) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF MIND.THE AREA OF BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE THURROCK TOGETHER WITH NEARBY DISTRICTS IN ESSEX AND LONDON WHERE THE SERVICES OF THE COMPANY HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE THURROCK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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